Constituency
9. Umroi
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-UMROI
IND 34.8%won by 7.7%HPD 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 7.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 22.7% to 34.8% of the vote here (+12.1%).
- New challengerHPD (HPD) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.8% of the vote between them, up from 46.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
7,265
Margin
561
7.72%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1EVANSIUS KEK MAWLONGIndependent · IND2,52634.8%
- 2DLOSINGH LYNGDOHHPD · HPD1,96527.0%
- 3F. S. LAPANGAHL · AHL1,85225.5%
- 4BNEIN BAREHIndependent · IND5798.0%
- 5EVENT RAPSANGIndependent · IND1251.7%
- 6DALINGTON DYMPEPCommunist Party of India · CPI1011.4%
- 7FESTOWELL GIRIIndependent · IND831.1%
- 8R. JESPRITER SHULLAIIndependent · IND340.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–HPD swing
- −14.9%
- IND share
- 22.7% → 34.8%
- HPD share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —